Billiard cue



March 20, 1934. J. L. cAssADY BILLI'ARD CUE Filed Nov. 19,

Patented Mar. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES PATE-*Nr oFF-ICE The American Fork& -Hoe Company, Cleveland, Ohio,-acorporationof -Ohio VApplicationNovember 1 Claims.

This invention relates to Ycues for playing lthe game of billiards andpool or the'like.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a billiard cue, themain shaft of which may 5 be formed from tubular metal.

Another obj ectis to provide a cuehaving a shaft or body of metal withimproved means 'for attaching the other parts of the cue thereto.

-Another object is to provide a cue with improved means for adjustablybalancing the same.

Another object is to provide' a cue, the main shaft of which is composedof tubular material and with an improved means of covering the tubelongitudinally and at 'its ends to Agive aj-lnished pleasing appearanceto the cue as a whole.

Another object is to provide a billiard cue the parts of which will becheap to manufacture and assemble and which in .use will 4have improvedplaying qualities.

IOther objects will .be apparent to those skilled in the art to whichthis invention pertains.

My invention is fully disclosed in the following description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a cue embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional View of the cue of Fig. l drawnto a larger scale;

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are respectively sectional views taken from the planes3, 4 and 5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown at 1 the main body or shaftportion of the cue of my invention. The body 1 is formed from a singlepiece of steel tubing drawn, rolled or otherwise formed to the followingshape or longitudinal conguration. The rear end of the body 1, as at 2,is cylindrical. The small or tip end, as shown at 3, is tapering orconical. The relative lengths of the cylindrical and tapered portionsare preferably as follows: In a preferred length of body portion offifty-five inches, the cylindrical portion is thirteen inches long andthe tapering portion forty-two inches long. In Fig. 2 the body portion 1thus begins at 4 and after extending in cylindrical form a suitabledistance tapers uniformly and terminates at 5.

The steel body l may be covered with any suitable material to give it aiinished appearance, but I prefer to cover it with a tube or sleeve 22of pyratone or like material formed with a cylindrical body portion 23and a tapering body portion 24 to conform to the shape, previouslydescribed, of the steel body 1. The pyratone sleeve may be made inappearance to imitate wood, if desired.

The covering sleeve 22 is of such diameters 9, l1929, Serial No. 408,255

throughout its longitudinal length as to iit tight- .ly-around thesteelbody 1.Y .In-a cue of theabove specified 4preferred dimensions theoutside `diamter of the double Walled body thus formed ispreferably aninch and one-eighth at the large end .and a half inch at the-smallend. p

Into the large end of the body thus provided, I press or force anadapter 6 formed preferably from hard rubber or like material.Theadapter -hasa reduced portion or shank 7 press-'fitted into theinterior Wallof the body 1 and a hemispheri- `cal or .otherwise roundedhead 8 to give a finished appearance to the end of thecue. The head `8is of :suicient external diameter to overlap the vends of the tubes 1and 22 and come iiush with `the outside surface ofthe outer `tube 22.

The adapter .6 .isaxially -bored outasat 1-1 to provide an yinteriormagazine, closed org-sealed Vbyascrew-threadedplug 12. In the `magazine11 .an-y suitable Weighting .or loading materialmay vbe placed ofvariable amount and sealed therein to balance the cue as a whole.

Adjacent the extreme end of the tapered portion 3 of the cue andinternally thereof is wedged a bushing 13 composed from any suitablematerial, but preferably of light weight metal alloy. The bushing 13 isbored out axially at 14 and counter-bored as at 15 to receivetherethrough a screw 16, the head 17 of the screw being seated in thecounter-bore 15 and the threaded end 18 thereof extending outwardlybeyond the end of u the bushing 13 a suitable distance for a purpose tobe described.

A washer 19, preferably of black fibre or the like, is telescoped overthe threaded portion 18 of the screw; and a tip adapter 20 is screwthread- 9 ed on the threaded end 18 of the screw 16. The adapter 20 maybe of any suitable material, but I prefer to employ syntheticcomposition material therefor. 'Ihe extreme end of the adapter 20s iscovered or provided with a leather tip 21, such L as is commonlyemployed on billiard cues and secured to the adapter 20 in any suitablemanner as by glue or other adhesive.

It will be observed that by turning the adapter No 20 as a nut on thethreads 18 of the screw 16, the bushing 13 will be rigidly drawn orwedged into the end of the body 1 and the washer 19 will be rigidlyclamped between the adapter 20 and the end 5 of the body l thus securingall of these parts rigidly together but in a manner easilydisassembledfor renewal or other purposes. The adapter 20 may similarlytake up wear occasioned by use of the cue.

To suitably join the pyratone sleeve 22 at its no eros ends with theother parts, the washer 19 and adapter 20 at the small end of the cueand the adapter 6 at the large end of the cue may be made of the sameoutside diameter as the sleeve; and the sleeve may be made the samelength as the body 1, so that it will abut against the washer 19 at oneend and a shoulder 9 provided by the reducedfshank '7 at the other endto make a perfect t at these points. Thus a cue having the advantages ofa light steel body, but with a pleasing external nished appearance isprovided.

By means of the foregoing obstruction, it will be observed that theshock or blow on the adapter 20 occasioned by the use of the cue istransmitted to the end 5 of the steel tube of the body 1 and anyAloosening of the parts due to wear may immediately be taken up byturning the adapter 20 as a nut on the end 18.

My invention is not limited to the exact detailsk of constructionshownand described, but may be embodied in other forms of cues which willroccur to those skilled in the art and within the scope of my inventionas defined in the following claims.

I claim: f

1. A billiard cue comprising a tapering tubular body portion, an impacttip secured on the small fend of the tube means for securing the tip onthe tube, said means comprising a screw threaded element projecting outof the end of the tube and anV inwardly screw threaded bore in the tipengageable therewith, said tip restrainedY from movement inwardlythereof by the tube end and said screw threaded bore engageable withsaid screw threadedelement upon rotation of said tip.

2. A billiard cue comprising a tapering tubular body portion, a thrustelement wedged within the portion into abutting engagement onto the endof the tube.

3. A billiard cue comprising aV tapering tubular body portion, acorrespondingly tapering bushing within the tube adjacent the small endthereof, a screw threaded element connected to the bushing andprojecting out of the end of the tube, a washer on the screw threadedportion in engagement with the end of the tube and an internally screwthreaded impact element threaded on the said threaded portion andclamping the washer between it and the end of the tube.

4. A billiard cue comprising a tapered tubular body portion, an impacttip element secured on the small' end of the tube, means for securingthe tip element on the tube, said means comprising a bushing elementclosely tted within the tapered small end of the tube andwedginglyengaging the lateral walls thereof, and a connector comprisingla screw for adjustably interconnecting said elements and adapted to drawthe elements toward each other when the said tip element is rotated,said tipI element restrained from movement inwardly of said cue bodyportion by the tip end of said bodyportion.

5. A billiard cue comprising a body portion in the form of atapered'tube, a sleeve disposed inwardly of the tapered end of the tube,a tip disposed at the end of the tube and restrained from movementinwardly thereof by the tube end and a screw connector operable byrotation of the tip to wedgingly draw the said sleeve in an outwarddirection to cause it to make tight-fitting engagement with the innerwalls of the tube, and to cause said tip to assert inwardly directedpressure against the end of the tube, whereby the parts are rigidlymaintained in place.

JAMES LLOYD CASSADY.

